Chair



E. T. DEAL July 21, 1931.

CHAIR Filed 001;, l. 1929 l nll Patented July 21,. .1931 h UNITED STA ESPATENT OFF EDWIN T. DEAL, OI ALDAN, PENNSYTNANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. G.BRILL comm,

it ELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A. CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CHAIR Application filed October 1, 1929. Serial No. seam.

This invention relates to certain improvements in chairs andparticularly to those for use in aeroplanes and dirigibles. 1 One objectof the invention is to make a very light chair, and at the same time onewhich is comfortable and which will accommodate itself to the passenger.v i

A further object of the invention is to provide means for securing theflexible seat and n back section to the frame. The invention alsorelates to details of .Will be described hereinafter. 1.: theaccompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my im- 15 proved chair; a Fig. 2 is arear View of the upper portion of the chair;

Fig. 3 isa front view of tion of the chair;

Fig. 4 isa detached sectional view on the line 44-, Fig. 2, showing themethod of attaching the free end of the pocket to the up r portion ofthe seat and back section i 5 is a view showing the means OI attac ingthe seat and back section to. the frame and the seat proper to the seatand back section; and

Fig. 6 is a view of a modification of the pad atthe upper portion ofthe'seat and so back section.

v 1 is the frame of the chair, which is made of metal and preferably ofaluminum. This the lower porframe has legs 2, arms? and aback frame 4 5arerungs and 6 is a platform for baggage or other articles. Thisplatform is located directly under the seat section as shown in Fig. 1.7 is the seat andback sectionand 8 is the seat cushion. I

At the upfper end of the back frame is a cross-.bar 9, orming, acontinuation of the side-bars 10 of the back frame and'curved as shown.7

The seat and back section 7 is made of any suitable fabric, and thefacing material can preferably be of plush or other fabnc, wh le theback is preferably made of a heavy fabnc. The up r end'of the seat andback section is in the m of. a pocket 7a and fits over the cross-bar, asshown in Fig. 1. The freeend construction, which.

in the present instance,

12 of the pocket is secured to the body pbrtion of the seat and backsection by a snap-fastenmg 13 of any suitable type. Any suitabletype offastening may be used withoutv detracting from the object of theinvention. At

the upper end of the seat and back section is 55 a cushion 11 which islocated within the pocket 7a and is attached to the seat and back Ysection in any suitable manner. This cushion partly covers the bar asshown. l The lower end of the seat and back section 7 passes-around across-bar 14 of the frame '1. The cross-bar is secured to the verticalbars of the side frames 15by brackets 16. The tubular portions of thebrackets extend under the cushion, as shown in Fig. 3.

The lower end of the seat and back section 7 extends around the tubularcrossbar 14, and a pocket 7 b is formed in the said section 7 for aplate 18. This plate 18 extends from one side bracket 16 to the otherand is se cured to the webs 17 of the brackets by bolts 19. The lowerend of the seat and back section 7 is thus secured firml to thebrackets.

The cushion 8 is detachab y mounted on the seat and back section, asshown in Fig. 1, and has a depending flap 20 at its forward endwhichextends down past the cross-bar 14 and is secured by snaps 21 tothe outer portion of the outer fabric of the seat and back section 7. Bythis construction the cushion is held firmly in place, but it will yieldand accommodate itself to the person occupying the seat.

In some instances a cushion section 11a may surround the cross-bar 9, asshown in Fig. 6, and may be tapered at each end and will conform to thecurve of the bar 9.

I claim 1. The combination havi upper and lower cross bars; a bracket ateac side of the chair, su porting the lower cross bar, each bracketaving a web; a flexible section extending from the upper cross bar andpartly around the lower cross bar and having a pocket at its lower edgea clampin plate extending. from one bracket to the ot er'; bolts seeurmthe plate to the webs of the brackets; a cushion section rest upontheflexible section and having a de en in a chair, of'a frame ing flap atits forward end; and means or se- 1M curing the flap to the iorward endof the flexible section at the pocket. I

2 The combination in a, chair, ofa. framel having upper and lowercross-barsbrackets l supporting the lower cross-bar eachbmliet having a.web; a. flexible sectlon extending from the upper to the lower cross-betand secured. to the webs of the brackets; a'icushion sectiongesting u nthe. flexible section and J I 10 having a. deend ng flap at its forwardend; and means or securing the flap te' th'e forf ward end of theflexible section. x

1 EDWIN T. DEAL.

